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Wildcard FOR 2013 entry Time & Space Machine (aka Richard Norris) might not be the most instantly recognisable name in the overwhelming lineup of heavy hitters but his collaboration with Erol Alkan as 'Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve' has left a significant impact on the electronic/dj/sample scene since they first tripped together in 2006.

The psychonauts have opened eyes re-editing and re-imagining the weirdest parts of The Nazz, Love, The Beatles and The Monkees, as well as producing official remixes for Chemical Brothers, Simian Mobile Disco and Midlake.

If you could picture The Avalanches trading in their brazilian, disco and hip hop records for thrift shop prog, wah-wah, garage and summer of love classics, you'd be closer to understanding this oddball world. Hop into this bootleg live mix that collects their quintessential remixes, edits and dusty dollar bin finds.

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Feeling warm and fuzzy having watched this mini-doco on the history of DFA - an inspiring story of how a group of people throwing parties evolved into a cultural phenomenon. James Murphy, label CEO and frontman of one of the most loved bands of last decade LCD Soundsystem, looks right at home on a cruise ship to Jamaica.

He'll be no stranger in the paradisiacal setting at FOR Festival, DJing alongside fellow DFA alumni Canyons and Raff Daddy (The 2 Bears).

Melbourne party monsters World's End Press finally deliver a follow-up to their Dan Whitford produced single 'Second Day Uptown' from last year.

Captured in Wales by defected DFA founder Tim Goldsworthy, 'Deadbeat Sweetheart' is a genius stroke of seedy industrial disco; a heaving beast that will rattle your system and reprogram its pumping muscle. Let it infect you slowly...

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Nicolas Jaar jumped in head first on his debut Boiler Room session at the RBMA takeover in NYC. He's due to be part of the huge FOR 2013 line-up alongside Tame Impala, Solange, 2manyDJs (DJ Set) and a lot more, hitting Hvar island in Croatia this June. Details here.

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Artists would be nothing without songs. Harry Nilsson penned a tonne and gave them to the likes of The Shangri-Las, The Yardbirds, The Monkees, Three Dog Night and Badfinger.

He was Lennon-McCartney's favourite songsmith and Ringo's best man, he won multiple Grammys, scored films (his performance of Everybody's Talkin' was the iconic theme song for Hollywood's first ever X rated feature Midnight Cowboy) and released a whopping 18 solo albums.

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Jane Campion's first television series for USA's Sundance Channel is the best show on TV right now without question. Incredible cinematography that further cements New Zealand as a piece of heaven on earth.

Elisabeth Moss (Peggy from Mad Men) is the lead here, playing a police detective investigating the disappearance of a young girl and though her accent is questionable, her performance is remarkable. The rest of the cast, including Holly Hunter, is phenomenal and the writing gives them a ton to work with.

Props for getting Kirin J Callinan to perform part of the score too.

Revel in the latest body of work from painter, sculpturist, installation artist and global roamer Thomas Jeppe.

The foundations of 'Seaside Vernacular' layed patiently in a kitchen pantry as a can of sardines, awaiting discovery after one of Jeppe's notorious 18-hour endurance sessions at "the church" (Berlin's danse labyrinth the Berghain). This tinned snack spurred on a great quest for answers of its origin, leading to a traditional fishing village in the Canary Islands. Here preconceived notions of a classical working class community formed by the packaging design were spoiled by a highly developed tourism industry. Jeppe began digging for clues and arranging transition scenarios in reverse.

'Seaside Vernacular' is now showing at Utopian Slumps in Melbourne 6-27 April. It marks Jeppe's homecoming having exhibited across Austin, Los Angeles, Hamburg, Mexico and Sydney in the past 12 months. His work is held in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Artbank and P Diddy (!) collections. Check out some choice pieces below.

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Circle pit in the Mod office. They don't make them like this anymore.

Did you know that before boss man Steve Pavlovic started the label 15 years ago, he was promoting Australian tours for seminal bands like Fugazi, Nirvana, Beastie Boys, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, Pavement and Shellac? An important community service - these shows changed lives, including a young Tim Hoey (Cut Copy) who witnessed Fugazi tear apart the Lismore RSL. Read on below.

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We've been finding this dump spot of all things 90s gabba and rave visually inspiring. From mostly Italian and Dutch sources. The look and style is fascinating - lots of bad taste that's actually genius. Seems timely given the recent emergence of musical styles informed by the culture.

Check out some choice picks below and go on a vision quest with the rest right here.

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Rhye share their new video for 'Open'. Bit of a corker. Taken from their album 'Woman', out in March.